Calendar of Events
Featured
American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy
September 26, 2025–March 1, 2026
Main Galleries
Events for April
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
April Fools Program (35mm)
Dryden Theatre
Come celebrate the silliest day of the year with films featuring silent comedy’s “Big Four”: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 6 p.m.
In Conversation: Liz Deschenes with curator Phil Taylor
Dryden Theatre
With her exhibition Frames per Second (Silent) as a focus, Liz Deschenes will be in conversation with Eastman Museum curator Phil Taylor.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Shadow of a Doubt
Dryden Theatre
Hitchcock Through the Ages This slow-building, disquietingly cynical small-town thriller was also Hitch's avowed personal favorite of his many pictures.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Pat and Mike
Dryden Theatre
From Rochester, With Love Pat and Mike is one of the most successful mutual films of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. The delightful comedy sustains its contemporary meaning by its depiction of love as an equal proposition.
Friday, April 4, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Friday, April 4, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Friday, April 4, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Friday, April 4, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dryden Theatre
Teresa Wright The quintessential “coming home” film and winner of seven Academy Awards, The Best Years of Our Lives features cinematographer Gregg Toland’s amazing deep focus photography.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.